Metal oxide/hydroxide-based nanocomposite adsorbents with porous supporting matrices have been recognized as efficient adsorbents for phosphorus recovery.Aiming at satisfying increasingly restrictive environmental req...Metal oxide/hydroxide-based nanocomposite adsorbents with porous supporting matrices have been recognized as efficient adsorbents for phosphorus recovery.Aiming at satisfying increasingly restrictive environmental requirements involving improving metal site utilization and lowering metal leakage risk,a glycol-solvothermal confined-space synthesis strategy was proposed for the fabrication of Fe OOH/anion exchanger nanocomposites(Fe/900s)with enhanced metal site utilization and reduced metal leakage risk.Compared to composites prepared using alkaline precipitation methods,Fe/900s performed comparably,with a high adsorption capacity of 19.05 mg-P/g with an initial concentration of 10 mg-P/L,a high adsorption selectivity of 8.2 mg-P/g in the presence of 500 mg-SO_(4)^(2-)/L,and high long-term resilience(with a capacity loss of~14%after five cycles),along with substantially lower Fe loading amount(4.11 wt.%)and Fe leakage percentage.Mechanistic investigation demonstrated that contribution of the specific Fe OOH sites to phosphate adsorption increased substantially(up to 50.97%under the optimal conditions),in which Fe(Ⅲ)-OH was the dominant efficient species.The side effects of an excessively long reaction time,which included quaternary ammonium decomposition,Fe OOH aggregation,and Fe(Ⅲ)reduction,were discussed as guidance for optimizing the synthesis strategy.The glycol-solvothermal strategy provides a facile solution to environmental problems through nanocrystal growth engineering in a confined space.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52070100,51978341,52081330506,and 52011530433)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China(No.BK20190087)+1 种基金the Foundation of Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materialsa project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions。
文摘Metal oxide/hydroxide-based nanocomposite adsorbents with porous supporting matrices have been recognized as efficient adsorbents for phosphorus recovery.Aiming at satisfying increasingly restrictive environmental requirements involving improving metal site utilization and lowering metal leakage risk,a glycol-solvothermal confined-space synthesis strategy was proposed for the fabrication of Fe OOH/anion exchanger nanocomposites(Fe/900s)with enhanced metal site utilization and reduced metal leakage risk.Compared to composites prepared using alkaline precipitation methods,Fe/900s performed comparably,with a high adsorption capacity of 19.05 mg-P/g with an initial concentration of 10 mg-P/L,a high adsorption selectivity of 8.2 mg-P/g in the presence of 500 mg-SO_(4)^(2-)/L,and high long-term resilience(with a capacity loss of~14%after five cycles),along with substantially lower Fe loading amount(4.11 wt.%)and Fe leakage percentage.Mechanistic investigation demonstrated that contribution of the specific Fe OOH sites to phosphate adsorption increased substantially(up to 50.97%under the optimal conditions),in which Fe(Ⅲ)-OH was the dominant efficient species.The side effects of an excessively long reaction time,which included quaternary ammonium decomposition,Fe OOH aggregation,and Fe(Ⅲ)reduction,were discussed as guidance for optimizing the synthesis strategy.The glycol-solvothermal strategy provides a facile solution to environmental problems through nanocrystal growth engineering in a confined space.
